On 05/31/2010 08:16 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010 19:53:50 -0400 Christopher Michael<cpmicha...@comcast.net> > said: > >> On 05/31/2010 07:31 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 12:59:06 -0400 Christopher >>> Michael<cpmicha...@comcast.net> said: >>> >>>> On 05/31/10 12:55, Christopher Michael wrote: >>>>> If we want users to have to hack any new e.cfg files manually, then by >>>>> all means, make a snapshot :P >>>>> >>>>> Since the wizard module does not start anymore on new configs (I'm not >>>>> even sure that it builds/installs either), then users who are new to >>>>> using E (read: have no existing e.cfg at all) will get a blank >>>>> Applications menu. The wizard had an option for handling this (allowing >>>>> the menu to be set to use gnome.menus, etc, etc). The current >>>>> e/config/standard/e.src does not have the menu specified. >>>>> >>>> I should have also mentioned that E itself has no place to configure >>>> this...perhaps it should be added to the Menu Config stuff ?? >>> >>> i know - i never added this to a todo - it's a bit obvious that it's >>> missing :) >> Indeed :) >> >>> but wizard doesn't run when you have no e config? >> Not at all :( I redid some things on my box this morning, and restarted >> w/ a clean home directory...so I had no ~/.e/e/ at all. After getting E >> installed, I ran it, but was never shown the Wizard module. Now, having >> said that, I think I know where/why this happened...basically, in my >> .xinitrc I run 'enlightenment_start -profile standard'. (I do this due >> to testing of illume, etc, etc). I am wondering if, by specifying >> '-profile standard' this caused wizard module not to run ?? > > correct! problem -> pebkac :)
Fair enough :) Had to ask tho, because if it was not pebkac, then we had a serious issue :) dh (wizard runs because e starts with the default > profile only... and default profile does nothing much more than load the > wizard > module - it hss pretty much no keybindings or any other useful features > enabled, and no other modules at all. it entirely relies on the wizard loading > its page modules and setting thins up and then switching to another selected > profile - technically a system integrator can replace the wizard pages we ship > with their own - thats the intent in the end anyway. if you really wanted you > can even replace default profile with the content of standard and presto, but > u'll never get a wizard then. > >> dh >> >> works for me (if i create an >>> empty homedir). you just cant load it manually in the gui. it isn't >>> intneded to get manually loaded afterwards anyway - though it'd be useful >>> to have something in settings that reset you to defaults (deleted >>> everything in ~/.e/e and restarted e with the default profile). >>> >>>> dh >>>> >>>>> Not to mention that, when starting E for the first time (without an >>>>> existing config) they no longer have the option of choosing an icon >>>>> theme (wizard handled that also), so if they don't have the "default >>>>> icon theme" installed (let's say Tango or whatever it is), then their >>>>> ibar may potentially be missing icons. This is less of an issue (as >>>>> compared to the above one), but an issue none the less. >>>>> >>>>> dh >>>>> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
